I had a Nikkor 50 f1.2 back in the film days. My impression of it is similar to what you see here. At f1.2 is was soft like this lens but it sharpened up immediately with one click to f1.4. For me it was simply an f1.4 lens with better performance than the f1.4 maximum aperture lens.

I had a Nikkor 50 f1.2 back in the film days. My impression of it is similar to what you see here. At f1.2 is was soft like this lens but it sharpened up immediately with one click to f1.4. For me it was simply an f1.4 lens with better performance than the f1.4 maximum aperture lens.